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2020-03-23 08:49:02 -0500 commented answer Is it possible to manipulate EER in Energy Plus to see the effect on loads? I understand the variation of COP is possible.

@Jim Dirkes, Could you please share an email, where I could get your version of the spreadsheet. It surely will strength

2020-03-23 08:48:40 -0500 commented answer Is it possible to manipulate EER in Energy Plus to see the effect on loads? I understand the variation of COP is possible.

Could you please share an email, where I could get your version of the spreadsheet. It surely will strengthen my underst

2020-03-20 11:02:07 -0500 commented answer Is it possible to manipulate EER in Energy Plus to see the effect on loads? I understand the variation of COP is possible.

Thanks @Jim Dirkes, for that explanation. I really appreciate it! I will reach out to you soon!

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2020-03-18 15:46:08 -0500 commented answer Discrepancy in values in running both Conventional and VRF systems in 2 different locations.

Thanks @rraustad. That was new to me!

2020-03-18 15:29:18 -0500 commented answer Discrepancy in values in running both Conventional and VRF systems in 2 different locations.

@rraustad, Did you get the following fatal error for the conventional files I had shared: Program Version,EnergyPlus, Ve

2020-03-18 12:04:41 -0500 commented answer Discrepancy in values in running both Conventional and VRF systems in 2 different locations.

Thanks. That definitely makes sense. Let me look at the behaviour at the extreme temperatures. 2) I guess I need to look

2020-03-18 11:41:57 -0500 commented answer Discrepancy in values in running both Conventional and VRF systems in 2 different locations.

@DavidReddy, Did you come across the above 2 errors when sizing using EnergyPlus files?

2020-03-18 11:40:46 -0500 commented answer Discrepancy in values in running both Conventional and VRF systems in 2 different locations.

@rraustad, Could you advise me on how to get around the following errors AirConditioner: VariableRefrigerantFlow "VRFSYS

2020-03-18 11:36:40 -0500 commented answer Discrepancy in values in running both Conventional and VRF systems in 2 different locations.

@rraustad,Could you advise me on how to get around the following errors: 1 -GetVRFInput: AirConditioner:VariableRefriger

2020-03-18 11:33:42 -0500 commented answer Discrepancy in values in running both Conventional and VRF systems in 2 different locations.

@rraustad, Responding:The perf curve coeffs look good...These need fixing. Is it a mandate to input the curve limits, as

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2020-03-18 10:02:20 -0500 answered a question Is it possible to manipulate EER in Energy Plus to see the effect on loads? I understand the variation of COP is possible.

I was able to find the relation between CBECC-Com EER and the EnergyPlus Cooling COP. The EER in CBECC-Com gets adjusted

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2020-03-17 17:36:20 -0500 commented answer Is it possible to manipulate EER in Energy Plus to see the effect on loads? I understand the variation of COP is possible.

Thanks for responding. But the Cooling EER value in CBECC-Com and Cooling EER value (EER = COP * 3.412) from EnergyPlus

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2020-03-17 14:11:16 -0500 edited question Is it possible to manipulate EER in Energy Plus to see the effect on loads? I understand the variation of COP is possible.

Is it possible to manipulate EER in Energy Plus to see the effect on loads? I understand the variation of COP is possibl

2020-03-17 14:11:02 -0500 edited question Is it possible to manipulate EER in Energy Plus to see the effect on loads? I understand the variation of COP is possible.

Is it possible manipulate EER in Energy Plus to see the effect on loads? I understand the variation of COP is possible.

2020-03-17 14:10:49 -0500 asked a question Is it possible to manipulate EER in Energy Plus to see the effect on loads? I understand the variation of COP is possible.

Is it possible manipulate EER in Energy Plus to see the effect on loads? I understand the variation of COP is possible.

2020-03-17 09:49:28 -0500 commented answer Discrepancy in values in running both Conventional and VRF systems in 2 different locations.

@DavidReddy, We manually deleted the max and min curve outputs for one of the curves and there was a slight change. I wo

2020-03-16 16:51:42 -0500 commented answer Discrepancy in values in running both Conventional and VRF systems in 2 different locations.

Responding to comment: From a review of the 2 files I see differences between the amount of outdoor air the DX coils se

2020-03-16 16:47:00 -0500 commented answer Discrepancy in values in running both Conventional and VRF systems in 2 different locations.

Responding to this comment: The perf curve coeffs look good but min curve output = 15 and max curve output = 23.89 and

2020-03-12 19:35:45 -0500 commented answer Discrepancy in values in running both Conventional and VRF systems in 2 different locations.

Thanks Richard! I will look into them. I believe this resolves my issue. Thanks a lot!

2020-03-12 14:02:16 -0500 commented answer Discrepancy in values in running both Conventional and VRF systems in 2 different locations.

Since I was reading the values of CBECC-Com, I did not run into the error file. All of the curves within the model are t

2020-03-12 09:24:29 -0500 commented answer Discrepancy in values in running both Conventional and VRF systems in 2 different locations.

I misunderstood your statement about the performance curves. Yes, you are right, the model uses different performance cu

2020-03-11 14:14:23 -0500 commented answer Discrepancy in values in running both Conventional and VRF systems in 2 different locations.

That does make sense, But in my case, I have used the same performance curves (FSEC) and still found the total capacity

2020-03-11 11:49:07 -0500 commented answer Discrepancy in values in running both Conventional and VRF systems in 2 different locations.

Thank you, Richard, for sharing that information. I have had the opportunity to read some of your papers for FSEC. If t

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2020-03-10 17:57:10 -0500 asked a question Discrepancy in values in running both Conventional and VRF systems in 2 different locations.

Discrepancy in values in running both Conventional and VRF systems in 2 different locations. I have run a model using VR